Use and timeliness of radiation therapy after breast-conserving surgery in low-income women with early-stage breast cancer

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 258-267

  Wheeler, Stephanie B ^a   Wu, Yang ^b   Meyer, Anne Marie ^b   Carpenter, William R ^a   Richardson, Lisa C ^c   Smith, Judith Lee ^c   Lewis, Megan A ^d   Weiner, Bryan J ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Breast conserving surgery; Medicaid; Quality; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COMORBIDITY; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARTIAL MASTECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; MASTECTOMY, SEGMENTAL; MEDICAID; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NORTH CAROLINA; POVERTY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860175703     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: 15324192     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07357907.2012.658937     Document Type: Article

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